Eden swings by the station from time to time, just to see if any new strays have happened along, but today, she doesn't even mean to stop in. There's a little vintage shop up the road she wants to visit instead. The minute she passes by the archway into the station, though, that plan comes to an end.

She hears the man before she sees him, sounds of exertion and pain that bring her hurrying into the station, still half-blind from walking out of the sunlight. For a little while, she can't see him at all, walking towards the train for lack of any other direction, and then she spots him. More than that, she sees the blood on the ground under him as he tries to stand. "Hey, careful, careful," she says, moving to take his arm. "Don't push yourself. Easy."

If he's here, she thinks, he has to be new. She knows far too well how it feels to show up bleeding in a new world. From the looks of him, though, she's not sure how much longer he'll last here.